Microsoft's cross-platform code editor Visual Studio Code (VS Code) now has a built-in JavaScript debugger. That's one less step JavaScript developers need to complete when debugging a project.

If you want to install JavaScript in VSCode, install Visual Studio Code & Node.JS, create and run a JavaScript program, and then take these steps.

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That built-in experience comes via vscode-js-debug, a GitHub project described as a Debugger Adapter Protocol -based JavaScript debugger that works with Node.js, Chrome, Edge, WebView2 and VS Code ...

Node.js is a lean, fast, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that is useful for both servers and desktop applications.

Node's ecosystem is growing at an exponential rate, which is only natural when you start from scratch. Still, the plethora of Node-inspired tools amount to a diverse and sustainable infrastructure ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to deploy a Node.js development environment on Ubuntu 22.04 with Node.js version 14.